anyweb Posted December 1, 2009 Report post Posted December 1, 2009 Computerworld - Microsoft's Windows ran to stay in place last month as Window 7's market share gains made up for the largest-ever declines in Windows XP and Vista, data released today by Web metrics firm Net Applications showed. By Net Applications' numbers, Windows 7's gains were primarily at the expense of Windows XP. For each copy of Vista replaced by Windows 7 during November, more than six copies of XP were swapped for the new OS. Meanwhile, Apple's Mac OS X lost share during November. But it was Microsoft's ability to retain its share in the face of record slumps in its older editions that was the news from Net Applications. Even though Windows XP lost 1.45 percentage points to end November with a 69% share, and Vista fell 0.2 percentage points to 18.6%, Windows kept its total operating system share at 92.5%, the same as in October. The declines in XP and Vista were both records in Net Applications' tallies, which because of a change in methodology instituted last July go back only two years. For Vista, November marked the second time in three months that the often-maligned operating system lost share. That trend, if accurate, means that the 2007 operating system has peaked, and will now, like XP before it, begin a slow, inexorable decline as it is replaced by Windows 7. more > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141606/Windows_7_steals_biggest_chunk_of_share_from_XP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
